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Need to upgrade (gaming)

Hi guys. I need to upgrade my PC to run Battlefield II. I can run the game but the video can be choppy at times. My sytem specs are in my signature. I was wondering if I threw in another 512 or 1 gig of ram and got a 128 mb 6600 GT video card will the game run better ???

The only problem is with the video, sometimes you see people sitting in tanks driving around but you dont actually see the tank..

My main problem here is finding out if its worth it or not to upgrade because my mobo is only AGP 4X and that I might need to go all out and get another mobo and chip.

All your recommendations are appreciated. Also any mobo recommendatons are also appreciated.

as for AGP 4x it really isnt a problem, since there is virtully no performance difference between AGP 4x and 8X, at best couple of 1% in something like 3Dmark and all AGP 8x cards are AGP4x compatible.

So you might just as well save yourself some money get P4 instead AMD and new mobo, then with left over purchase better video card like X800XL for example.
This will give you up to 2x as fast a gaming comp then the new build you mentioned.

If you decide for the new build, then what your buddy suggested is a good choice as well, albeit slower.

Oh and in any case check your PSU, make sure it will be able to handle the extra load.

Now overclocking and new card like X800XL still makes sense, on the other hand, since you have no upgrade path left (I thought you had 865 board), you might be better off starting whole new system like your friend suggested.

As for which would be faster, I am pretty sure even with your CPU, x800XL system would be faster then 3000+ with 6600GT.

Now you last option, by far the least expensive, getting 6600GT AGP and OC the hell out of your current CPU as Overclocked suggested, is not bad either and will more likely then not be all you really need to enjoy the game.

the one thing i have in douibt is even though he put a faster card in his older cpu, the card will be bottlenecked by the old cpu, thus makin the 3000 venice and 6600gt a faster combo, but if u could get a 3000 venice and a x800xl ude be set